The Civil War in the East

75th New York Infantry Regiment "2nd Auburn Regiment"

The 75th New York Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 91 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 103 enlisted men to diseaseduring the Civil War.

1861

 

Organized at Auburn, N. Y.

November 26

Nine companies mustered in under Colonel John A. Dodge, Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. York and Major Willoughby Babcock

December 6

Left State for Florida

December 15

Arrivie at Santa Rosa Island, Fla. for duty there and at Fort Pickens, Fla.

1862

January 1

Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Fla. Attached to District of Santa Rosa Island, Dept. of Florida

February

Attached to District of Santa Rosa Island, Fla., Dept. of the Gulf

March

Attached to Western District of Florida, Dept. of the South

May 10

Occupation of Pensacola, Fla.

May 28

Fair Oaks, Fla

June 24

Company K added to the regiment

August

Moved to New Orleans, La.

August 9

Arrived New Orleans for duty at Carrollton attached to Division of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf

September

Attached to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf

October 24-
November 6

Operations in District of La-Fourche

October 25

Occupation of Donaldsonville

October 28

Action at Georgia Landing, near Labadieville, and at Thibodeauxville

November

Duty in the District of LaFourche

1863

January

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf

January 12-15

Expedition to Bayou Teche

January 13

Bayou Teche

January 14

Steamer Cotton

 

March 7-27

Operations against Port Hudson

March 28

Duty at Brashear City

April 9-May 14

Operations in Western Louisiana

April 11-20

Expedition from Brashear City to Opelousas

April 12-13

Fort Bisland

the regiment lost 17 casualties

April 14

Jeanerette, Irish Bend

April 17

Bayou Vermillion

April 20

Opelousas

May 5-18

Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport

May 14

Boyce's Bridge, Cotile Bayou (Detachment)

May 25-July 9

Siege of Port Hudson

May 27 &
June 14

Assaults on Port Hudson

The regiment lost 107 casualties

July 9

Surrender of Port Hudson

July 12-13

Donaldsonville, Bayou LaFourche. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps

August 1-September 3

At Baton Rouge

September 4-11

Sabine Pass Expedition

September 8

Sabine Pass

The regiment lost 85 casualties.

September 17

Moved from Algiers to Brashear City

October

Regiment changed to Mounted Infantry

October 3-
November 30

Western Louisiana Campaign, assigned to Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf

October 9-10

Vermillion Bayou

November 19

Near New Iberia

November 20

Camp Pratt

December 3

Camp Lewis. Assigned to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf.

1863

January 1

Regiment veteranized and veterans on furlough; 90 non-Veterans temporarily attached to Companies K and L, 14th New York Cavalry

March 10-May 22

Red River Campaign

March 14-26

Advance from Franklin to Alexandria

March 20

Bayou Rapides

March 21

Henderson's Hill

March 29-30

Monett's Ferry and Cloutiersville

March 31

Natchitoches

April 2

Crump's Hill

April 2

Veterans return to Washington from furlough and assigned to 22nd Army Corps, as Infantry

April 7

Wilson's Farm (non-Veterans)

April 8

Bayou de Paul, Carroll's Mill (non-Veterans)

April 9

Pleasant Hill (non-Veterans)

April 10

Company K consoliday with remainder of regiment and a new Company K added.

April 20

Natchitoches (non-Veterans)

April 21-22

About Cloutiersville (non-Veterans)

April 23

Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing (non-Veterans)

April 28

Above Alexandria (non-Veterans)

May 1

Hudnot's Plantation (non-Veterans)

May 4-8

Alexandria (non-Veterans)

May 13-20

Retreat to Morganza (non-Veterans)

May 13-14

Choctaw Bayou (non-Veterans)

May 15

Avoyelle's Prairie (non-Veterans)

May 16

Mansura (non-Veterans)

May 17-18

Yellow Bayou (non-Veterans)

May 20

Veterans moved to Dept. of the Gulf

June 28

Regiment reunited and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps

July 13

Sailed for Fortress Monroe, Va.

July 21-30

Before Richmond

July 27-29

Deep Bottom

July 31

Moved to Washington, D.C. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division

August 7-
November 28

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign

August 23-24

Halltown

September 3-4

Berryville

September 19

Battle of Winchester

The regiment lost Colonel Babcock and 23 men killed and mortally wounded, 3 officers and 37 men wounded, and 1 oficer and 8 men missing.

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

The regiment lost 7 men killed and mortally wounded, 1 officer and 15 men wounded, and 32 missing.

October-December

Duty in the Shenandoah Valley

November 19

Consolidated to a battalion of five companies, A-E

December 6

Non-Veterans mustered out at Auburg

1865

January 11

Ordered to provost duty in Savannah, Ga. and assigned to 1st Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South

March

Asigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps

April

31st Indpendent Company of Infantry trasferred in as Company F

May

Assigned to District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South

August 23

Mustered out